A puzzling 16th century war manual

During the 16th and 17th centuries, royal brass-casting guilds created elaborately detailed plaques depicting court rituals and state ceremonies for the pillars and walls of the king's palace. On this plaque, a war chief in coral-bead regalia, flanked by warriors and attendants, raises a ceremonial eben sword in a gesture of honor and. The Huolongjing (traditional Chinese: 火龍經; simplified Chinese: 火龙经; pinyin: Huǒ Lóng Jīng; Wade-Giles: Huo Lung Ching; rendered in English as Fire Drake Manual or Fire Dragon Manual), also known as Huoqitu (“Firearm Illustrations”), is a Chinese military treatise compiled and edited by Jiao Yu and Liu Bowen of the early Ming dynasty (–) during the 14th-century.  · An illustration from a manual by 16th century artillery master Franz Helm at the University of Pennsylvania library in Philadelphia. The manual on artillery and siege warfare depicts a cat and Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

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Mar 6, Fanciful illustrations from a circa manual on artillery and siege warfare seem to show jetpacks strapped to the backs of cats and doves. The principles and tactics described in field manuals of the 7- and series, FM , and FM apply to land forces operating in a riverine environment. BINNACLE LIST, Many novice sailors, confusing the words "binnacle" and barnacle, As required by 17th century law, British ships-of-war carried three.